Congratulations to the winners and runners-up from the three faculty heats held in March. They will go through to the University final to be held next Wednesday 10th May where Chancellor Sir Thomas Allen will preside over the judges.

The six University finalists are:
Aisha Bismillah (Department of Chemistry)
Catherine Ellis (School of Modern Languages and Cultures)
Jonathan Millican (Department of Chemistry)
Claire Reed (School of Education)
Xin Shao (School of Education)
Matthew Williams (Department of Theology and Religion)

The final will take place in the Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre, Palatine Centre, from 1.45pm on Wednesday 10th May. Everyone welcome.

Applications are invited from individual and teams of doctoral researchers at Durham University responsible for organising short-term, well-defined conferences and events of a subject-specific, interdisciplinary or generic nature.

The next deadline is 21 November, with decisions announced by mid-December.

All scientists, engineers and clinicians are invited to the Introduction the the News Media session on Tuesday 15 November 2016. It will be held at the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE. The event will take place from 12.30 until 17.00 with drinks afterwards.

Exchanges: The Warwick Research Journal is the biannual online, double-blind peer-reviewed, open access interdisciplinary research journal of the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), University of Warwick. We are inviting high-quality interdisciplinary submissions from researchers at all stages of their careers in all academic fields.

For the April 2017 edition of the journal, we particularly welcome submissions which will contribute to a themed section on ‘Collaboration’. Collaboration is essential to research within and across many disciplines. To tackle global issues and make a positive impact on society, researchers form networks not only with each other but also with a wide range of organisations at national and international level to share expertise and resources (funding, specialised equipment, etc.) and to generate and analyse large amount of data. Despite the many opportunities it affords, collaborative work can sometimes be problematic. Exchanges reflects on the promises, achievements, and pitfalls of collaboration and how some of the shortcomings and issues arising from it can be overcome.

Submissions which do not engage with the theme ‘Collaboration’ are also welcome.

Kudos Educational Researcher Webinar – Wednesday 31st August 2016Increase and evidence the impact of your published work

Co-hosted with Kudos, Altmetric, ORCID and Thomson Reuters, this session will give you hints and tips on how to promote your work effectively, measure current reach and how to further increase the impact of your work (reach, altmetrics and citations) – all in one place.

The course will help you to identify the most appropriate channels – from traditional publishing to media and new media – in order to communicate effectively with your key audiences. The course provides support on developing a tailored communication strategy that takes account of your personal style and circumstances.

Have a look at the wide range of online courses (from research methods and management to teaching) available here.